Chairman Crowley Statement on Russia Sanctions Bill (Washington, D.C.) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) released the following statement after negotiators reached a deal on a Russia sanctions package: “I am pleased negotiators have made progress on this […]
On Behalf Of Parkside Resident Council NYPD 49th PCT. Community Affairs **Police-Community Partnership** There will be a basketball game between the 49th Precinct Community Affairs officers and the youth of the Parkside Community on Sunday, August 6, 2017, 5:00 PM, in […]
Tenants PAC Announces Citywide and Borough-wide Endorsements New York, N.Y. – Tenants PAC, New York’s leading organization supporting pro-tenant candidates for public office, today announced their endorsements for citywide and borough-wide offices, endorsing Mayor Bill de Blasio, Public Advocate Letitia […]
DC37 ENDORSES 18TH DISTRICT CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE AMANDA FARIAS Farias Continues to Rack up Support Among Working Families (BRONX, NY) – Today, District Council 37 AFSCME AFL-CIO, the largest public Service Union in New York City, announced its support of […]
Intemperance Definition: (noun) Excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence. Synonyms: Self-indulgence Usage: A slouching, moody, drunken sloven, wasted by intemperance and vice, sat on the stoop and lamented his lot in life.
Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (10 BCE) The nephew of Tiberius, Claudius became the Roman emperor unexpectedly, after Caligula was murdered. Sickly, unattractive, and scholarly, he tended to disfavor the upper classes and cater to the freedmen. He expanded the […]
The popular idea that a child forgets easily is not an accurate one. Many people go right through life in the grip of an idea which has been impressed on them in very tender years. Agatha Christie (1890-1976)
Candidate for City Council Adds Another Endorsement to Build on Campaign’s Momentum, Stonewall Democrats Side with Randy Abreu Bronx, N.Y. – Today Randy Abreu received the endorsement from one of the City’s leading LGBT Organizations, the Stonewall Democrats in the race […]
STATEMENT FROM BX BOROUGH PRESIDENT RUBEN DIAZ JR. RE: Pedro Hernandez/Bail Reform “The case of Pedro Hernandez highlights the need for significant bail reform, if not the elimination of the money bail system altogether, in the State of New York. […]
Third annual New York Unity race, September 16, 2017, 10 AM. Register today at NY Unity race. Raffle prizes valued at up to $2,000. New this year: Register by 8/26 get your name on your bib. Register Now.
Chairman Crowley Statement After House Republicans Forced Through Funding for Trump’s Border Wall (Washington, DC) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) issued the following statement after the House approved a spending package that includes funds for an immoral […]
Bronx News: NYC Organics Update Curbside Collection Beginning in Bronx CB’s 10 and 11 this Week; Brown Bins Delivered to Bronx CB’s 8 and 12 Starting Next Week The New York City Department of Sanitation is continuing expansion of its NYC […]
Milton Friendman (1912) Friedman was an American economist and a leading US advocate of monetarism, the belief that a nation’s money supply is the chief determinant of its economy. He wrote numerous books and was a frequent television commentator and […]
As a man without forethought scarcely deserves the name of a man, so forethought without reflection is but a metaphorical phrase for the instinct of a beast. Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)
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